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Monday, April 4, 2016

My
name is Regina Holliday. This is my blog. I do all I can to spread
the patient story. My work is inspired by my late husband Fred Holliday, II and his attempt to get appropriate care and medical record access during 11 continuous weeks in hospitals in 2009. He died in the 12th week.
I have over 20k followers on twitter. I have over 3000 friends on
facebook. All of them listen to this story. We can improve healthcare if
we share our stories and never give up. I founded a movement called The Walking Gallery of Healthcare and at this point there are over 400 members wearing art to spread the patient story. The movement grows everyday we share the stories of our care.

June 2, 2009Nothing Personal, Cindy Throop, The Health Care BlogJune 2, 200973 Cents: the idea , Regina HollidayJune 10, 2009 Regina and her family move to a new apartment June 11,2009 Fred is sent home for home hospice

The Walking Gallery Mini Doc

About Me

Regina Holliday is a resident of Grantsville, Maryland. She serves on the board of the local non-profit The Highland Thrift Shop. She is a member of the Grantsville Rotary Club. She is also Asst. Cubmaster of Pack 460 Cub Scouts.

In addition, Regina serves as a parent advisor to the Garrett County School Board Health Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce and The Garrett County Arts Council.

Ms. Holliday is an activist, artist, speaker and author. You might see her at a health conference painting the content she hears from the patient view. She is part the movement known as participatory medicine. She and others in this movement believe that the patient is a partner with their provider and both should work together as a team.

Regina is a mother and a widow; she speaks about the benefits of health information technology and timely data access for patients due to her family loss. In 2009, she painted a series of murals depicting the need for clarity and transparency in medical records. This advocacy mission was inspired by her late husband Frederick Allen Holliday II and his struggle to get appropriate care during 11 weeks of continuous hospitalization at 5 facilities. Her paintings became part of the national debate on health care reform and helped guide public policy.

She also began an advocacy movement called “The Walking Gallery.” The Gallery consists of medical providers and advocates who wear patient story paintings on the backs of business suits. Paint and patients, pills and policy all come together within The Walking Gallery of Healthcare. This "walking wall" of 330+ individuals who wear personal patient narrative paintings on their backs is changing minds and opening hearts. They are attending medical conferences where often there isn’t a patient speaker on the dais or in the audience. They are providing a patient voice, and by doing so, are changing the conversation.

She published a book with the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) entitled: "The Walking Wall: 73 Cents to the Walking Gallery."